Time and time again, I hear people advocating...well, murder, really. It's strange how we always leap to violence as a means to an end. A quote by Nietzsche nicely sums up my feelings on the death penalty:[i]"Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one."[/i]
When we kill killers, we become the killers ourselves. What we do is no better than what they do. Showing mercy to murderers is what separates us from them. If there's not that distinction, then we're not a system of ideals, we're just a regime.
Opinions?
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I agree with the OP. To be honest, I find the death penalty to be a solution made by cowards who'd rather appease angry people than actually think of a better judgement. (Just a note, if you were thinking of a rebuttal for me, don't bother. I won't reply. This topic is just too subjective.)